A state oversight board has determined that a campaign mailer for state Supreme Court candidate Greg Guidry violated judicial rules.

The Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee announced Sunday afternoon that at least two statements in the Guidry leaflet were "found not to be supported by the facts."The mailer for Guidry's campaign dealt with a decision by the state's 1st Circuit Court of Appeal in 2005. Guidry, who is a judge on the state's 5th Circuit Court of Appeal, and 1st Circuit Judge Jimmy Kuhn are battling for a seat on the state Supreme Court in Tuesday's election.

According to the oversight committee, the two statements in the mailer that are not supported by facts are:

• "A judge ruled that a 71-year-old man should lose his home over a $27 tax oversight. The judge was Jimmy Kuhn."

• Kuhn's "dissent provided the key to another ruling that would lock Michael Hamilton out of his home for good."

According to an announcement from the committee, it "believes that these statements from Judge Greg Guidry's campaign mailer are in violation" of a section of the state's code of judicial conduct.

Canon 7 says, in part, that judges and judicial candidates should not "knowingly make or cause to be made a false statement concerning the identity, qualifications, present position or other fact concerning the candidate or an opponent."

The committee is made up of 15 people appointed by the state Supreme Court whose duties include investigating complaints of violations of Canon 7.

The announcement, signed by committee Chairman Harry Hardin III and sent by e-mail Sunday afternoon, did not say how committee members voted. It said the investigation was in response to a complaint the committee had received, but did not say when the complaint was filed or by whom.